The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

Japan’s rising household spending and wage growth boost BoJ rate hike bets, pressuring USD/JPY. US jobs data now in focus for ...

In a blow to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, the BOE warned that inflation will rise “quite sharply” to peak at ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

In line with our expectation, and that of economists and markets, the Bank of England lowered its key policy rate today by ...

The BoE’s forecasts suggest it will only cut rates two more times over the next three years on the back of higher inflation and weaker underlying growth capacity. The 7-to-2 vote to cut rates with a ...

USD/CHF drifts higher to around 0.9060 in Friday’s early European session, adding 0.17% on the day.

- Japan 5-year bond yields rose a further 2.5bps to 0.96%, 2-yrs up to nearly 0.80% and 10-years +2.5bps back to 1.292%, with ...

Fed’s hawkish stance and potential reduction in rate cuts for 2025 have unsettled markets. Read more on market expectations, ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond ...